Accelerating improvements in nutritional and health status of young children in the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of international guidelines on infant and young child feeding and nutrition

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 6-34

  Wuehler, Sara E ^a   Hess, Sonja Y ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^a,b  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complementary feeding; Infant and young child nutrition; Micronutrient malnutrition; Nutritional intervention; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BURKINA FASO; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION PREVENTION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAW; MALI; MALNUTRITION; MAURITANIA; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SENEGAL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; WEANING;

EID: 79952713218     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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